Bombay HC orders constitution of expert panel for CLAT reassessment decision

While disposing the writ petition of an 18 year old CLAT candidate from Mumbai pertaining to reassessment of the impugned CLAT 2015 results and ranking of the candidates, the honourable Bombay High Court ordered an expert committee with the power to take a decision that could revise the “merit list of candidates if necessary”, making “the whole merit list and all subsequent process, will be subject to outcome of the Expert Panel/Comittee’s decision”.The judgment runs into 33 odd pages was...

Delhi Judicial Services Exam; Prashant Bhushan writes to Chief Justice Rohini demanding re-evaluation

Lawyer and activist, Prashant Bhushan has written a letter to Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, Justice G. Rohini, bringing to her notice, the apparent irrationality in the result of the Main Exam of the Delhi Judicial Service, (DJS) 2014.In the letter, Mr. Bhushan claims to have been approached by several students/ candidates, who have been declared unsuccessful in the result, declared on...

11 lawyers held guilty of criminal contempt, sentenced to 3 months in jail by Allahabad High Court [Read the Judgment]

A Division bench of the Allahabad High Court, comprising Justice Sudhir Agarwal and Justice Dinesh Gupta has held 11 advocates guilty of criminal contempt and sentenced them to 3 months in jail. The lawyers have been held guilty of unruly behavior inside the Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) in Sonbhadra in 2013.The Court has also levied a fine of Rs 2,000, failure to pay...

Bombay HC directs Govt. to implement Measures for Preventing Children from carrying Heavy School Bags

The Government of Maharashtra had formed a Committee as a response to a Public Interest Litigation filed by Smt.Swati Patil against the problems related to excessive weight of school bags and its ill effects on children’s health. Today, the said Committee submitted its Report to a Division Bench of the Bombay High Court comprising Justices VM Kanade and BP Colabawala.According to the...

Mullaperiyar security row: SC issues notice to Kerala Govt. for CISF deployment

A Supreme Court of India Bench comprising Chief Justice H.L. Dattu, Justice Amitava Roy and Justice A.K. Mishra has sought a response from the Kerala Government on Tamil Nadu’s plea that Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) be deployed for security of Mullaperiyar dam.The Plea had also sought that the Kerala government be barred from seeking environmental clearance from the ministry...

Student with 100% marks challenges DU admission guidelines in Delhi HC; notices issued

Delhi University aspirant, Tabassum Ahammed has filed a Writ Petition before the Delhi High Court, challenging the University’s admission guideline to deduct 10 per cent marks from the best of four subjects of candidates from boards with different marking patterns.While agreeing to hear the matter, the Delhi HC has issued a notice to the DU and its affiliated colleges as well as Kerala...

SPP Rohini Salian not on new list of public prosecutors for NIA; NIA raps Indian Express for “one sided story”

After stirring a controversy with a spur of allegations against the NIA, Special Public Prosecutor Rohini Salian does not feature in the latest list of prosecutors appointed by the NIA. The notification, dated May 25 and signed by Joint Secretary M.A. Ganapti, discloses the names of 33 public prosecutors who would represent NIA in various courts across the country.The new notification says...

Medical Expenses of Judges cannot be revealed under RTI: SC, Judiciary not following same standards that it expects from others says Bhushan

The Supreme Court of India (Subhash Chandra Aggarwal vs. Registrar General, Supreme Court of India) today declared that the medical expenses of Judges are not qualified to come within the ambit of the Right to Information Act.  The Apex Court rejected an appeal against Delhi High Court decision which had held that information about doctor's visit expenses of judges and their families can't...

Judicial Officer from Himachal Pradesh suspended for alleged sexual harassment

Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court has ordered the suspension of a judicial officer after allegations of sexual harassment were made against the judicial officer by a woman judge. In addition, the Chief Justice has also ordered a probe into the matter.Reportedly, the sexual harassment happened while the two judicial officers were in Manali for the advance preparation for...

Madras High Court rules that Second Wife has a legal right to pension [Read Judgment]

Justice D. Hariparanthaman of the Madras High Court has granted pension rights to the second wife of a deceased police official, setting aside the order of the Principal Accountant General (Accounts and Entitlements).The Court held that even if the couple was not validly married, they had been living together since 1976. This conferred legal rights on the wife. It hence directed pension to...

“We can't re-write the constitution”; SC dismisses Challenge against Appointment of Non-Elected Individuals as Ministers

On Wednesday, a three judge Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justices Arun Mishra and Amitava Roy dismissed an appeal filed by Harendra Pratap Singh   .Vs.   Narendra Damodar Das Modi and Ors challenging the practice of appointment of non-elected members of Lok Sabha or State Assemblies as Ministers in the Centre or State Governments.The bench...

Duty of Government is to avoid unwarranted litigations and not to encourage litigation for the sake of litigation; SC [Read the Judgment]

The Supreme Court of India today observed that it is the duty of the State Government to avoid unwarranted litigations and not to encourage any litigation for the sake of litigation. The Apex Court made these observations in the judgment delivered by the Division Bench consisting of Justices Dipak Misra and Abhay Manohar Sapre.The Court delivered its judgment in a Civil Appeal No. 1123 OF...